Sugarcane threshing activities have started at the North Bengal Sugar Mill in Lalpur, Natore, with the goal of producing 12,600 tonnes of sugar in the 2021-2022 season. The mill will crush 1,94,286 tonnes of sugarcane in 68 working days. This was inaugurated by Parliament member Shahidul Islam Bakul and Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation chairman Arifur Rahman Apu.